Richard Nixon and Karl
Mundt at the dedication ceremony of the library in 1969.
-- From the collections of the Karl
E. Mundt Foundation and Archives.
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"Nixon's
presence at the dedication marked the president's
first speech outside Washington, D.C., following his
inauguration five months earlier. The political
unrest on college campuses and the assassination of
Bobby Kennedy caused great fear for presidential
safety.... [Gale] Pifer remembers the agents
scrambling to find a man who ducked into the Women's
Gym, only to find him in the bathroom."
-- Liermann,
Susie. Nixon's visit to college recalled 30 years
later. Madison Daily Leader, June 3,
1999, p. 1.
Karl Mundt's
papers and memorabilia are housed in the Mundt Archives,
located in lower level of the Library. They provide a
record of U.S. politics and Mundt's role during the 36
years he held political office (5 terms in the House of
Representatives, 4 terms in the U.S. Senate). Learn more
by visiting the
Karl E. Mundt Archives.
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